The word “big” is used globally in various contexts, from describing size to expressing a concept’s significance. Here’s how to say “big” in 70 different languages, illustrating the rich diversity of global languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – I madh | Pronunciation: Ee mahdh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – كبير (Kabir) | Pronunciation: Ka-beer
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – մեծ (Mets) | Pronunciation: Mets
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Böyük | Pronunciation: Buh-yook
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Handi | Pronunciation: Han-dee
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Вялікі (Vyaliki) | Pronunciation: Vya-lee-kee
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – বড় (Boro) | Pronunciation: Bor-o
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Velik | Pronunciation: Ve-lik
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Голям (Golyam) | Pronunciation: Go-lyam
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Gran | Pronunciation: Gran
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Velký | Pronunciation: Vel-kee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Stor | Pronunciation: Stohr
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Groot | Pronunciation: Groht
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Big | Pronunciation: Big
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Suur | Pronunciation: Soo-ur
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – بزرگ (Bozorg) | Pronunciation: Bo-zorg
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Suuri | Pronunciation: Soo-ree
- French (🇫🇷) – Grand | Pronunciation: Grahn
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – დიდი (Didi) | Pronunciation: Dee-dee
- German (🇩🇪) – Groß | Pronunciation: Gross
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Μεγάλος (Megalos) | Pronunciation: Meg-ah-los
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – גדול (Gadol) | Pronunciation: Ga-dol
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – बड़ा (Bada) | Pronunciation: Ba-daa
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Nagy | Pronunciation: Naj
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Stór | Pronunciation: Stohr
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Besar | Pronunciation: Be-sar
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Mór | Pronunciation: Mohr
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Grande | Pronunciation: Gran-de
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 大きい (Ōkii) | Pronunciation: Oh-kee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Үлкен (Ülken) | Pronunciation: Uhl-ken
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ធំ (Thom) | Pronunciation: Tom
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 큰 (Keun) | Pronunciation: Koon
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Mezin | Pronunciation: Meh-zin
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Чоң (Chong) | Pronunciation: Chong
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ໃຫຍ່ (Nyai) | Pronunciation: Nyai
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Liels | Pronunciation: Li-els
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Didelis | Pronunciation: Dee-de-lis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Grouss | Pronunciation: Gross
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Голем (Golem) | Pronunciation: Go-lem
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Besar | Pronunciation: Be-sar
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Kbir | Pronunciation: Kee-beer
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 大 (Dà) | Pronunciation: Dah
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – मोठा (Moṭhā) | Pronunciation: Mo-thaa
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Том (Tom) | Pronunciation: Tom
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – ठूलो (Thūlo) | Pronunciation: Thoo-lo
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Stor | Pronunciation: Stohr
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – لوی (Loy) | Pronunciation: Loy
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – بزرگ (Bozorg) | Pronunciation: Bo-zorg
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Duży | Pronunciation: Doo-zhy
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Grande | Pronunciation: Gran-gee
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Mare | Pronunciation: Ma-re
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Большой (Bol’shoy) | Pronunciation: Bol-shoy
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Велики (Veliki) | Pronunciation: Ve-lee-kee
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ලොකු (Loku) | Pronunciation: Lo-ku
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Veľký | Pronunciation: Vel-kee
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Velik | Pronunciation: Ve-lik
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Weyn | Pronunciation: Wayn
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Grande | Pronunciation: Gran-de
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kubwa | Pronunciation: Koo-bwah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Stor | Pronunciation: Stoor
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Калон (Kalon) | Pronunciation: Ka-lon
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பெரிய (Periya) | Pronunciation: Pe-ri-ya
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పెద్ద (Pedda) | Pronunciation: Pe-dda
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ใหญ่ (Yai) | Pronunciation: Yai
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Büyük | Pronunciation: Boo-yook
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Великий (Velykyi) | Pronunciation: Ve-ly-kee
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – بڑا (Bada) | Pronunciation: Ba-da
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Katta | Pronunciation: Kat-ta
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Lớn | Pronunciation: Lern
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Mawr | Pronunciation: Mour